Job 3:25-26 “What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me. I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, only turmoil!”
Gosh, I can relate to Job; it seems there are times when in a matter of moments this verse becomes my life story. I can read an email, get a telephone call, have a conversation, or not receive and email, not receive a phone call, not receive a conversation and all of sudden the world is falling a part. I know that this is evil trying to distract and discourage me and I am ashamed to say that far too often I allow it to happen in my life. Far too often my soul is swirling around like a tornado with no peace and complete chaos. What is crazy is that this can happen in a matter of moments; I can go to bed feeling completely secure and confident in what God is doing and wake up feeling totally abandoned. It is times like these that I am reminded that I am still a broken creature infected with the disease of sin. Even though I’ve been forgiven, even through I’ve been invited to join God in loving the world to heaven, I am still battling sin in my life and one place sin continues to resurface is in distraction and discouragement. Today, I need protection, today, I need God’s grace to take away evil’s grip on my soul and free me from the chaos that seeks to disrupt my day. Today, I need rescued because if God doesn’t save me I will surely perish.
Lord, forgive me for my sinful nature; forgive me for my discouragement. I know that I am not acting like the soldier I should be, but Lord I’m dying over here. Jesus, come and rescue me, pull me out of this darkness, affirm in my life the way in which you are at work. Affirm in me that you have the upbuilding of Crossroads under control. Show me Lord what are the next steps; show me ways I can be an instrument of you in loving the world to heaven. Jesus release me from the chains of chaos and renew in me the peace of the Holy Spirit. Open up doors for my life today that I may grow closer to you and bring others along with me. Thank you Lord for not abandoning me but meeting me in the poverty of my soul and pointing me towards a different way of living and being. Amen!
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